In-Person Events
Upstate Writes! Book Festival | November 16, 2024 | Sold some books.
East Greenbush Community Library’s Local Author Fair | November 10, 2024 | FYI, this was the local library of my youth—I even recall writing a short story or two on their computers.
Fall Festival of Literacy | October 26, 2024 | Albany, NY | The Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County invited me to speak about my writing process at this event. I think I rambled a bit, but it was still an amazing experience!
Cohoes Library Comic Con | July 13, 2024 | Cohoes, NY | An author reading/Q&A, along with an improv comedy game. What could possibly go wrong?
Albany Author Reading & Signing | April 7, 2024 | Scotia, NY | Kate Sheeran Swed, Jeff Burns, and myself visited the wonderful Storied Coffee for an afternoon of readings and signings. We had coffee, too.
Performance of “Irrational Fears of the Possibly Supernatural” at HarmoNNY Selected Stories | October 19, 2023 | Sackets Harbor, NY | As part of its Spooky Halloween Stories event, HarmoNNY selected my essay, “Irrational Fears of the Possibly Supernatural,” to be performed before a live audience by Joseph Foy! Click the link to see the replay.
2023 Saratoga Book Festival | October 14, 2023 | Saratoga Springs, NY | I’ll be signing some books with fellow local indie author Kate Sheeran Swed at Saratoga City Center (that’s 522 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY). Looking forward to it!
2023 Albany Book Festival | September 23, 2023 | Albany, NY | Signing some books again this year, perhaps while wearing socks and sandals. Stop by and say hi!
2023 Fandom Fest | August 26 & 27, 2023 | On the 26th at 6:00 p.m., I did “One True Pairing,” an improv panel where we played matchmaker for famous fictional characters. Then on the 27th at 2:30 p.m., I joined an indie writing panel called “So You Have a Book Idea, Now What?”
2023 Nebula Conference | May 12-14, 2023 | Anaheim, CA | I was a panelist on “Prep Tips for Your Debut Indie Book Launch” and the moderator for “Mastering Micro & Flash Fiction” and “Beyond the 99 Cent Book.”
5th Annual Albany Book Festival | September 17, 2022 | University at Albany | Selling and signing books along with many other local authors.
Monsters at Dusk Reading & Signing | March 6, 2020 | Northshire Bookstore | I did a fun reading and signing of Monsters at Dusk at Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga.
Monsters at Dusk Reading & Signing | November 2, 2019 | Flights of Fantasy Books & Games | Signed, sold, and blabbed about Monsters at Dusk at Flights of Fantasy Books & Games.
Online Events
Mild Buffoonery Book Launch Party | September 17, 2023 | To celebrate the launch of my new book, you’re invited to a party! I’ll be reading some never-before-heard essays from the book, plus giving away a few digital copies to some lucky viewers. See you there!
A No-Foolin’ Reading for April Fool’s Day | April 1, 2023 | Reading an essay from my collection, plus some short stories and excerpts.
60-Minute Celebration of 2022 | December 28, 2022 | Reading an excerpt from my newest short story, plus some essays, blog posts, and, screw it, maybe even some journal entries.
Eggs for the Ageless Book Launch Party | May 15, 2022 | A little livestream to celebrate the release of my new book.
“A Meeting of (Most of) the Dozen” | March 19, 2022 | Reading a chapter from my new book, Eggs for the Ageless. All about petty squabbling, sibling rivalry, and divorce.
“My 5 Favorite Bad Movies” | June 7, 2020 | Troll 2, The Happening, The Wicker Man, and more.
“Large Coffee, Black” | May 16, 2020 | A short story about a dude who falls in love with coffee.
“Sideburns” | May 2, 2020 | My high school hair style was…something else.
“Bag of Peanuts” | April 26, 2020 | The X-Files is my favorite show of all time, so I pitched my own episode.
